Socials [noun]

On occasions, a hall belonging to the whites was used for dances and socials.

There are receptions, socials and spreads, but the greatest of these are spreads.

Lights were usually out at nine-thirty, but the socials were from eight to ten.

I shall go on with the 'socials' all the same, and with any other schemes that crop up.

I have been invited to the Memorial Day exercises, installations, banquets, socials and yearly gatherings.

When the other girls waited feverishly for love letters, she was opening a pile of invitations to socials and theatre parties.

Sometimes in early summer the socials would feature strawberries along with the ice cream.

Blacks were excluded from the area's fairs, socials and concerts, except in rare cases when a rope kept the audience segregated.

The nicest thing about him is that he always takes a girl home when he goes to class things and socials.

There was always a line of cleavage at prayer-meeting, as at teas and "socials," between old and young.